Tour of Illinois Reformatories Provides Insightful View
A visiting party tours Joliet prison and Pontiac Reformatory, detailing inmate counts, facilities, and trades. Highlights include the 1,550 men and 62 women at Joliet, prison industries, and Mallory’s reform program at Pontiac with a focus on self governed discipline, schooling, and trades for about 1,100 boys plus military drills and bands.
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St. Charles
Geneva
Hart
Chicago
Alton
Joliet Prison
Troxell
Green
Dougherty
Peoria
Steinsland
Hencel
Princeton
J. T. Taylor
Lacon
W. J. Linn
la Prairie
Strube
Havana
Chester
Joliet
Springfield
Tollet
Senate
Pontiac
Mallory
Reformatory
Mallary
St. Charles School
Board of Managers
Illinois State Reformatory
New Method Placed In Use by La Salle County Supt
The La Salle County Superintendent W R Foster has begun a new practice of holding examinations in multiple population centers rather than Ottawa alone. An exchange praises Foster for reducing travel and anxiety for applicants while ensuring thorough tests, and urges Marshall County’s Perry to adopt a similar approach. Pasture ad offers running water and good grazing with affordable prices from Wm Ryan Jr of Henry Illinois.
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la Salle County
W R. Foster
Perry
Marshall County
Foster
Ottawa
Spring Valley Gazette
Wm. Ryan, Jr
Henry, Il
Government Steamer Mackenzie to Begin Operations on Upper River
The United States snag boat Mackenzie, under War Department direction, will up the Illinois River this week to remove snags and study bars and sand stretches hindering navigation. Dredging between La Salle and Copperas Creek will follow, with Major Ritchie of the Chicago engineer office outlining planned work. The Mackenzie, now in winter quarters at St Louis, will reach La Salle and return. a seven foot channel is planned between Copperas Creek and La Salle.
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Mackenzie
United States Snag
War Department
Washington
Illinois River
la Salle
Copperas Creek
Graff
Ritchie
Engineer
Chicago
St. Louis
Lawn Ridge Telegraph Notes on Local People and Franchises
Residents gather with visiting friends in Peoria Chillicothe and Northampton while the electric telephone franchise election looms. The Lawn Ridge Telephone Co stockholders report rising business and improved service as J B Green and I H Cornell retain posts and Charles Timmons becomes president with F H Cornell as secretary treasurer and P B E Phillips as manager.
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F. D. Nurss
Peoria
Northwestern
Uncle Sam
Dowie
Chicago
Thomas Marsh
Peterson
Jon
Lawn Ridge Telephone Company
J. B. Green
Hildebrand
I. H. Cornell
Shane
Charles Timmons
F. H. Cornell
P. BE. Phillips
Bulletin
Bitten by a Spider Healed by Amnica Salve
A Texan, John Washington of Bosqueville, lost hope after a spider bite caused blood poisoning and running sores. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve relieved the pain after the first application and finally healed all sores after four boxes. 25c at J B & F A Powells City Drug Store Henry Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Washington
Bosqueville
Tex
Bucklen
J.B. & F. A. Powells City Drug ‘Store
Henry, Ill
May McClures Magazine Highlights News and Fiction
The May issue features C P Connell on The Fight of the Copper Kings detailing Heinze and Amalgamated Copper and the 1900 campaign, Carl Schurz Reminiscences of a Long Life from Civil War perspectives, Chicago As Seen by Herself by George Kibbe Turner, Mary Baker Eddy’s early life and third marriage, and a strong lineup of fiction promising readers unusual quality stories.
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McClure
C. P. Connell
Copper Kings
F. Augustus Heinze
Amalgamated Copper Company
Clark
Senate
Butte Hill
Carl Schurz
Chicago
George Kibbe Turner
Mary Baker
G, Eddy
The Price of Health in a Malaria District
Ella Slayton of Noland Arkansas says health costs 25 cents with Dr King s New Life Pills. The medicine cleanses gently and imparts new life and vigor to the system. Available at J V F A Powels City Drug Store Henry Illinois.
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Dr. King
New Life
Ella Slayton
Noland
Ark
City
Henry
Ill
Junior Republic National Bank of the Junior Republic
The Junior Republic National Bank operates as a state organization with a $50,000 capital stock. It offers regular banking services, loans on approved security at legal interest, and a full staff of officers. Citizens hold deposits, receive slips, and use specially printed checks while a protected safe stores money and papers.
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Republic National Bank
Republic
Imported French Percheron Aleali Records and Breeder Details
Aleali a black Percheron foaled April 1902 bred by M Deshayes Orne France imported 1905 by Dunham & Fletcher Wayne NL recorded 42803 by American Percheron Breeders Assoc. Weight 2100 pounds shows heavy bone and strong movement. Seasonal stud locations and terms listed with insurance conditions and Lightning potential.
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France
Dunham & Fletcher
Wayne, NL
Coco
Magnon
Jean la Blanc
Toute Seule
Talma
Marquis
Count
Bayard
Favori I
Vieux Chaslin
Mignon
Jean le Blanc
Poule
Vidocq
Bijou
Rosette
Aleali
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Edison
Jewele
OHIO
Duke Bros, Henry
Ireland
U. S. Snag Boat
Central Park
Co. N. English
Republican
Republic Bank
Ilinois
Fruth
Bright
M. D
Lake Ave
Drexel State Bank
Claflin
Portman’ S Can Store
N. Adams St
Alcali
Wm. Wheeler
Timothy Fogarty
L. C. Hunt
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